Your career growth and success depend on continual learning—whether through participating in conferences, webinars, or reading books. Good news—science proves it's possible to speed up the learning process.

“Thanks to neuroscience, we now have a better understanding of how we learn and the most effective ways our brains process and hold on to information,” writes Deep Patel, a marketer and investor, in Entrepreneur. He believes you should work to speed up the learning process and be more efficient with your time.

Patel shares several actions you can take to help you learn faster, including these:

• Take notes by hand. Writing information using pen and paper instead of a computer helps to foster retention and increases comprehension.
• Take notes effectively. “The better your notes are, the faster you'll learn. Knowing how to take thorough and accurate notes will help you remember concepts, gain a deeper understanding of the topic and develop meaningful learning skills,” writes Patel. He suggests using note-taking techniques and strategies such as the Cornell Method.
• Get plenty of sleep. To better retain information, you should be well rested. Deep sleep can help strengthen long term memory.
• Drink lots of water. Staying hydrated improves mental function and helps your brain work better.
• Take “brain breaks.” Patel says: “Information overload is a real thing. In order to learn something new, our brains must send signals to our sensory receptors to save the new information, but stress and overload will prevent your brain from effectively processing and storing information.”  To counter information overload, Patel recommends taking brain breaks, which could be as simple as focusing on something else for a few minutes.

Learn more at 10 Proven Ways to Learn Faster to Boost Your Math, Language Skills and More Quickly.